The new Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen to Expatriate, As Required By Section 6039G was released today, two days later than required by law. It contains the names of 238 former U.S. citizens and long-term non-citizen residents, far lower than 403 for the same quarter last year, but back up from 189 in the second quarter of 2012.
The completeness of this list is in doubt, given that South Korea alone reported 2,158 people returning to South Korea and giving up U.S. passports or green cards in 2011, against only 1,781 people of all nationalities reported by the Federal Register in the same period. Peter Dunn’s name has finally been published, more than half a year after he received his CLN and almost two years after he first committed a relinquishing act (acquiring Canadian citizenship with the intent of losing U.S. citizenship) in February 2011. Other names of people known to have given up U.S. citizenship during that time are not present, such as:
- Belizean anti-crime activist Yolanda Schakron (Wikipedia);
- Jamaica’s ex-Customs Commissioner Danville Walker (Wikipedia);
- Peruvian presidential candidate Pedro Kuczynski (Wikipedia; article about renunciation);
- Republic of Korea Air Force Lt. Noh Woo-song (previously discussed on Isaac Brock);
- Belgian citizen Genette Eysselinck (interviewed by Atossa Abrahamian back in April).